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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2008
Applicants:
Yoshihiro Oikawa, Kaisei, JP;
Ikuya Yagisawa, Machida, JP;
Bunitsu Ando, Hiratsuka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A controller transmits a second protocol command to a target from among one or more switch devices. The second protocol command is a command which conforms to a second protocol type in which a connection established for transmitting a command to the target is broken during processing of the command by the target, and is defined as a command corresponding to a first protocol command, which is a command conforming to a first protocol type in which the connection remains established during processing of the command by the target.